(5) NAACP state secretary, W. Lester Banks, attended a mass meeting called for the following day. The decision was made to sue for integration and to continue the strike until May 7, when the school year ended. On May 23, Hill and Robinson filed suit in the Federal District Court in Richmond for the immediate integration of Prince Edward County schools.
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